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It seems to me that this may benefit a class of applications, but as many parts of a system do not really use GC, a questionable thing to put in hardware. Maybe when Java Processors seemed likely to be a thing, but that never really took off.

"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.

I remember reading about them at the time. Very few actual systems are entirely based in GC languages - maybe Chromebooks could benefit, but outside of that I can think of no O/S that would really benefit from this, just some apps.

"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.

If we want computers to perform better, why don't we just force companies like ms, google, and adobe to get rid of 50% of the bloat that they fill our machines (and occupy our memory & processor time) with.

Don't defend yourself against the dog's tail when it's the other end that's doing all the damage.

In response to a stunning op-ed from Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes published in The New York Times this morning, the company says it welcomes more accountability for its actions from lawmakers in Washington, but it says breaking up Facebook by decoupling Instagram and WhatsApp from its core service would be a step too far.

In a report published Thursday, researchers at the threat-research company Advanced Intelligence (AdvIntel) revealed that a collective of Russian and English-speaking hackers are actively marketing the spoils of data breaches at three US-based antivirus software vendors.

I guess this is why they develop antivirus software, and not network security software?

Why bother going to the trouble of looking for new ways to attack people's computers on your own, when "security researchers" have teams of well-paid, magnificently-equipped people who will do it for you?

Hacking one security company could give you enough zero-day malware to become a billionaire (a real one, not a piddling little US one) in zero days.

The change in focus of .NET Framework towards stability and new feature development moving to .NET Core means SQL Server needs to change in order to continue to provide the latest SQL features to .NET developers in the same timely manner that we have done in the past.

Meet the new data connection, same as the old data connection

I've just read the article, the FAQ, and a few other articles, and my brain *just* registered the different namespace. I need a nap.

I'm not sure which part of that I find most horrifying. That parts of it would require pervasive workplace surveillance at a level that would make today's worst dystopian hellholes *cough*amazonwarehouses*cough* seem positively utopian in comparison; or that they think working on text documents without real keyboards is a viable concept.

NO. JUST ELEPHANTING NO!!

Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius

Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt